Talk to the hand UNIVERSAL CITY, CA–Set phasers for stun! That’s what it felt like to wander into the convention lobby at the Universal Hilton and discover it is the home this weekend of something called Hollywood Xpo. The Hilton, parked next to Universal Studios, has been home to TCA press tours in the past
UNIVERSAL CITY, CA.–I usually resent being held captive by NBC on American Airlines flights–I prefer the free range choice you find on the seat back on Air Canada–but one show caught my eye this trip out to the coast. The Airline previewed the series premiere of School Pride, which bows tonight at 8 p.m. on
UNIVERSAL CITY, CA–Whenever I’m in LA I like to attend a taping of a late night talk show. For one thing, you don’t have to stay up so late to see the show.Thursday night, I caught a taping of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Leno’s show tapes on the NBC studio lot in Burbank. Several NBC
Georges Laraque and Anabelle Langois say bye bye Blades A quick look at some weekend numbers, starting with Sunday: Men with Brooms (an overnight, estimated 404,000) did not get much lift from the Battle of the Blades (close to 1.5 million), Heartland at 7 p.m. on CBC did its usual hearty 853,000. Brooms might have
TV critic by day, paid assassin by night. Because, really, is there a difference? Over the next three weeks, TV Feeds My Family will be more up in the air than usual. First stop is Los Angeles, with a visit to the set of The Event and a few other Citytv offerings. Next week, it is off
Went down to Union Station in Toronto Saturday to pick up my daughter Katie and who was there to meet us but Erica Strange. The CBC Tuesday night drama Being Erica was shooting a scene in front of the Toronto landmark. Cast and crew, including star Erin Karpluk (checking out a scene on a monitor, left), had
Is you child feeling left out of the vampire craze? Are they looking for something in a jugular vein? Teletoon has commissioned their first live-action TV-movie and series: My Babysitter’s a Vampire. The movie, which was shot this past April in Toronto and Dundas, Ont. (mmm, tax credits), premieres tonight at 7 p.m. on Teletoon. (Teletoon?
Wednesday numbers (overnight estimates): Dragon’s Den topped 1.5 million, SYTYCDC just under a million, The Tudors 828,000, Shattered 284,000.CTV’s Criminal Minds (over 2.4 million) topped Global’s Survivor Nicaragua (2.25 million) although Survivor won the night in the 18-49-year-old demo. Citytv’s Modern Family (956,000) is sticking close to a million-a-week clip. The Defenders (1,444,000) seems entrenched at 10